My name is Clair Culliford. I'm the creator, producer, and dogsbody (the person who does all the boring jobs that nobody else wants to do) at The Veranda. Here are our ongoing and upcoming attractions, some online and some live. I hope you enjoy them.
1. Events (Plays, Thames River Revues, Tours, Busks, Illustrated Talks, And Other Presentations)
2. The Ambler (An Online Publication With A Variety Of Stories, Proposals, Videos, Explanations, And Humour)
3. From My Cabin Overlooking The Thames (My Book Of Poems)
4. How We Can Help Homeless People (A Proposal)
Come for singalongs, games, juggling, stories, comic recitations, skits, and lots more old-fashioned Retro fun.
Leave with smiles and lots of memories to share with your friends.
Retrofest's hours on Friday are 3 p.m. to 11 p.m. and Saturday's 10 a.m. to 11 p.m.
Here's the link to Clair Culliford's Booth At Retrofest website. Here's the Retrofest Facebook page.
Picture a fine variety of Chatham-Kent actors, musicians, writers, artists, historians, videographers, crafters, dancers, volunteers, and speakers coming together to celebrate the warmer weather. These (and more!) will be invited to be part of Sightings 2027.
Here's the link to Sightings 2027 website.
There are many more events and entertainment to come. Please sign up for the At The Veranda newsletter to find out them as they're announced; also, here's our social media.
Here's a list of some of The Veranda's previous events.
The Ambler has entertainments, stories, thoughts, explanations, and adventures to read, watch, and listen to. I hope you enjoy some of them.
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You can see FMCOTT at the Art & Heirloom Shop, 137 King St W. in downtown Chatham, Ontario.
Here's the Shoppe's website.
The purpose of How We Can Help Homeless People is to try to improve the lives of the homeless and to ameliorate the worst troubles suffered by residents, businesses, shoppers, and visitors that are caused by homelessness.
Though social workers, other government employees (whether federal, provincial, or municipal), charities, and volunteers do their best, they haven't sufficient resources to help the rising numbers of the homeless.
The proposal has suggestions for how the rest of us can help. Please let me know what you think of it in the comments.
I live in downtown Chatham, where my home overlooks the Thames River. I'm a member of too many boards, committees, and the like; have bought many paintings and prints by C-K artists; have performed in "The Thames River Revue," "The Painter Tom Thomson In Chatham," and "William Blake, Poet & Artist;" and have written bunches of verse and prose.
I prowl the downtown, looking for clues about life, love, and laughter.